Things to Do in Austin
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Things to Do in Austin 1. Close your real estate transaction at Stewart Title! 23. Argue over where to find the cheapest 2. Learn the story of Texas at the Bob Bullock Museum breakfast taco 3. Take a cool, refreshing dip in Barton Springs Pool 24. Dip your chip in a bowl of Mag Mud at Magnolia Cafe 4. Tour the Capitol building 25. Picnic on Sunday at Waterloo Park 5. Go windsurfing on Lake Travis 26. Walk, jog or ride your bike over more than ten 6. Glide through Town Lake on a rented canoe miles of trails at Ladybird Lake 7. Savor a bowl of Amy’s ice Cream 27. Run wild and free with your puppy off the leash at one of Austin’s many dog parks 8. Tour the city’s art galleries 28. Bicycle on scenic Loop 360 9. See the entire city from the University of Texas clock tower 29. Splash around while you watch a movie in the water at Deep Eddy Pool’s Splash Party movie 10. Sift through 10,000 bizarre trinkets and gadgets nights all summer long at Toy Joy 30. Watch a million bats stream out from under 11. Ridicule bad movies along with live comedians at the Congress Ave. Bridge, the largest urban bat the Alamo Drafthouse’s Master Pancake Theater colony in North America 12. Wolf down a stack of delicious pancakes at 31. Count the steps to the top of Mt. Bonnell Kerbey Lane Cafe 32. Catch a cool breeze from Lake Austin on the 13. Pick your favorite suite at the historic Hotel San Jose wide deck at Mozart’s Coffee 14. Dance to live music and meet local artists 33. Find a shadowy corner and listen to jazz at the while you shop on South Congress on the first Elephant Room Thursday of every month 34. Pick out a new CD at Waterloo Records 15. Run (or walk) the Fun Stop 5K 35. Laugh until you cry at Esther’s Follies, a variety 16. Watch the sun go down over the lake on the show with music parodies, hilarious sketches, deck at the Oasis political satire, and magic 17. Catch a live comedy show at Cap City Comedy Club 36. Take a free tour of the elegant governor’s mansion 18. Try on a crazy costume at Lucy in Disguise 37. Shake your feathers with the roaming peacocks with Diamonds at Mayfield Park 19. Visit the giant statue of Stevie Ray Vaughan 38. Get up early on Saturday morning to buy 20. Cheer with the crowd at a UT Longhorns locally grown goodies at the Austin Farmer’s football game Market downtown 21. Join 75,000 of your closest friends at the 39. Sip an iced coffee on a warm night at the two-weekend Austin City Limits Music Festival Spiderhouse Cafe’s twinkling outdoor patio 22. Get a picture with Leslie Cochran’s statue 40. Find the moonlight towers 41. Spend a day touring the LBJ Library and Museum, 68. Meet a sweet senior citizen at the Old Bakery the largest presidential library in the nation and Emporium 42. Eat popcorn to all your favorite old movies 69. Get lost in thee enormous Blanton Museum of Art during the historic Paramount Theatre’s 70. Throw a long shot at Pease Park’s disc golf course Summer Film Classics Series 71. Explore the trails and beautiful art at the Umlauf 43. Treat the kids to a fun afternoon at the Austin Sculpture Garden Children’s Museum 72. Grab a tasty sandwich at Austin Java 44. Order a cocktail at the luxurious Driskill Hotel 73. Adopt a pet from the Austin Animal Center 45. Relax, rest your tired feet and enjoy a ride on the 74. Give in to a decadent desert at Chez Zee Zilker Zephyr miniature train American Bistro 46. Discover a Hill Country winery 75. Make your own independent film or just pick your 47. Find a funky shop along “The Drag” (Guadalupe favorite at one of Austin’s many annual film festivals St. running beside the UT campus) 76. Rock out at SXSW 48. Go all natural at the expansive Whole Foods 77. Befriend a lion at the Austin Zoo World Headquarters 78. Go back in time at the Jourdan-Bachman 49. Two-step the night away at the Broken Spoke Pioneer Farms 50. Feed the body and the soul at a Sunday gospel 79. Say bonjour to the French Legation, the oldest brunch at Stubb’s Barbeque building in Austin 51. Cozy up in an armchair and read at BookPeople 80. Cheer for your favorite Texas roller derby girl 52. Join the crowd for a big concert at the Frank 81. Grab a pint at Scholz Garten, the oldest business Erwin Center in Austin 53. Pay your respects to many legendary Texas 82. Build a bike from scraps at the Yellow Bike Project politicians and heroes at the beautiful and 83. Celebrate Eeyore’s birthday party serene Texas State Cemetery 84. Rollerblade down the Veloway 54. Hike, bike, climb, swim, picnic, walk, run, disc- golf, and ride the kiddie train, all on sprawling 85. Line up your best shot at Buffalo Billiards Zilker Park’s 351 acres 86. Take a load off on the beach at Hippie Hollow 55. Marvel at the unique architecture of the Frost 87. Sip on a bottle of locally made Live Oak Beer Bank Tower downtown 88. Catch a fly ball in the stands at a Round Rock 56. Sing the blues at the legendary Antone’s Express game 57. Head a little south of town to New Braunfels and 89. Order a big plate of enchiladas while you dine in brave the giant tubes and slides at Schlitterbahn the hubcap room at Chuy’s Water Park 90. Shop ‘til you drop at the Domain 58. Take a scenic hike at Emma Long Metropolitan Park 91. Frolick with your kids in the fountains at 59. Revel in the sweet sounds of the Austin Lyric Opera Southpark Meadows 60. Embarrass your out-of-town visitors and sing 92. Lick barbeque sauce off your fingers at the Salt Lick along at Pete’s Dueling Piano bar on Sixth Street 93. Discover the underworld at Inner Space Caverns 61. Dance salsa! 94. Play bingo with live chickens at Little 62. Have your martini shaken, not stirred at a swanky Longhorn Saloon bar in the trendy Warehouse District downtown 95. Spend the whole weekend at the Old Pecan 63. Shiver your way through an Austin Ghost Tour Street Festival 64. Reserve a front-row seat for a play at the 96. Visit the Elisabet Ney Museum in Hyde Park ZACH Theatre 97. Hang up your car keys and take the Metro Rail 65. Find your favorite local microbrewery for a night out downtown 66. Tiptoe into a Ballet Austin show 98. Test your wits at the annual O. Henry Pun-Off 67. See the 600-year-old Treaty Oak tree 99. Sip a cup of cocoa at the Zilker Tree Lighting during the holiday season © 2020 Stewart. All rights reserved. 10/20 Trademarks are the property of their respective owners..